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How long did the trek take, on the average?

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How long did the trek take, on the average?

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Subject to considerable variation because of weather, accidents, etc., on the average a wagon train could expect to be “on the road” 4 1/2 to 5 months. [Greg Franzwa, folio:Newsletter of the Patrice Press, May 1996.] Average number of days of travel time to California and to Oregon: 1841-1848: California: 157.7 Oregon: 169.1 1849: California: 131.6 Oregon: 129.0 1850: California: 107.9 Oregon: 125.0 1850-60: California: 112.7 Oregon: 128.5 1841-1860: California: 121.0 Oregon: 139.6 [John Unruh, Jr. The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60, p.